Best Karate, Vol.3: Kumite 1 (Paperback)

by Masatoshi Nakayama (Author) "Kumite is a method of training in which the offensive and defensive techniques learned in the kata are given pratical application..." (more)
Key Phrases: jiyú ippon kumite, jiyú kumite, sword hand strike, Second International Amateur Karate Federation Tournament, Miyamoto Musashi, Yagyú Munenori (more...)

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Product Description
In kumite (sparring) basic techniques are sharpened and body movement and distancing acquired through practical application. This volume explains the types and meaning of kumite and the relation between jiyu kumite and basic training in fundamentals.

Demonstrated by instructors of the Japan Karate Association. As well as setting forth the basic rules that must be put into practice when performing kata or applying techniques in kumite, this volume pinpoints the underlying physical and physiological principles of karate: source and concentration of power; stance, form, stability and technique; movement in all directions; basic and comprehensive aspects of training.

Here is a list of all volumes in this series:
Vol. 1: Comprehensive
Vol. 2: Fundamentals
Vol. 3: Kumite 1
Vol. 4: Kumite 2
Vol. 5: Heian, Tekki
Vol. 6: Bassai, Kanku
Vol. 7: Jutte, Hangetsu, Empi
Vol. 8: Gankaku, Jion
Vol. 9: Bassai Sho, Kanku Sho, Chinte
Vol.10: Unsu, Sochin, Nijushiho
Vol. 11: Gojushiho Dai, Gojushiho Sho, Meikyo

About the Author
Masatoshi Nakayama carries on the tradition of his teacher, Gichin Funakoshl, the Father of Modern Karate. Long professor and director of physical education at Takushoku University, his alma mater (1937), he was chief instructor of the Japan Karate Association from 1955 until his death in 1987. A ninth degree black belt and a familiar face at tournaments, he was among the first to send instructors overseas and to encourage the development of karate along scientific lines.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Kodansha International (October 15, 1978)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870113321
• ISBN-13: 978-0870113321
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.9 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #211,067 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars This is simply a necessary addition to your Shotokan Karate library , October 30, 2008

By	Joseph C. McDaniel (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You need this book and all the books in this series if you are a Shotokan Karate student.

Shotokan Karate is one of the most practiced styles of karate in the world, and this series of books by Sensei Nakayama will give you a fairly complete introduction to the style.

These books were designed and distributed before we had dvds, and they were designed to provide a reference of correct technique in a world without enough qualified Shotokan Instructors.

This volume provides an overview of many Shotokan sparring techniques, although it won't make you a figher or a Shotokan student. For that, you need a qualified teacher.

On the other hand, this and all the other books in the series provide the best reference yet for the entire syllabus of Shotokan Karate.

5.0 out of 5 stars Every Book In This Series Is Simply Phenomenal, October 28, 2008

By	Shawn Kovacich "Author of the Achieving Kicki... (The Greatest Little City in the World) - See all my reviews

This series is without-a-doubt, hands down, simply the best series of books ever written on the Japanese martial art of Shotokan Karate. The format and layout for this series of books is exceptional and the only negative thing I could possibly allude to is more of a selfish comment in the fact that I would have liked to have seen each book in the series be even longer and filled with even more solid information.

These books are well written and easy to learn from, although some of them do require a bit of previous knowledge in Shotokan Karate in order to get the benefits from it, but this should be obvious, hence the sequential volumes.

This particular volume explains and demonstrates the basics of the traditional kumite (sparring) techniques of Shotokan Karate. I highly recommend this and any of the books in the series without reservation.

Shawn Kovacich
Martial Artist/Author of the Achieving Kicking Excellence series.